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Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Sees the Spine in Many Ways to Diagnose and Relieve Back Pain

There are so many options to “see” the spine. Imaging, ultrasound, clinical testing. What’s best? That depends. Your Carrolltown chiropractic spinal pain doctor at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation uses the test(s) that are most useful to “see’’ the spine best to create the best treatment plan for treatment and relief.

KNOWING WHAT MAY UNDERLIE PAIN: What Chiropractors Look For

Chiropractors as well as general practitioners and other healthcare providers must be on the look out for all sorts of underlying causes of back pain from fractures, infections, tumors, radiculopathy, axial spondylarthritis, and extravertebral causes. These may call for imaging, lab tests, etc., to help identify. 20% of back pain episodes may have these types of underlying conditions that need to found in a timely manner. (1) Sometimes, knee osteoarthritis and lumbar spondylosis appear together in a patient. Having one or the other issue significantly increased the odds of having the other. (2) Though they’re not likely in your vocabulary, they are in your chiropractor’s! Schmorl’s nodes. Seen on imaging, these are seen in 33% of low back pain patients and in only 11.5% of asymptomatic subjects. Body weight seems to influence the number of these seen on imaging. (3) Your Carrolltown chiropractor is informed of these and more issues.

WHAT ELSE DOES YOUR CHIROPRACTOR LOOK FOR

Reduced balance capability could possibly influence recovery from low back pain. (4) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation looks for depressive symptoms as they tend to add to more primary care visits in acute low back pain patients, greater pain intensity, more disability, and diminished recovery in acute and chronic back pain patients. (5) Each of our Carrolltown patients is a whole person! Your chiropractic team sees you that way. So what else do we look for? Anything and everything that may reduce your recovery.

WHAT DOES YOUR CHIROPRACTOR DO FOR SPINE-RELATED PAIN

Whether you have low back pain or neck pain or low back or neck related leg or arm pain, your Carrolltown chiropractor will direct your care be it just for a diagnosis and referral to the proper healthcare colleague or for the establishment of an in-house treatment plan leading to pain relief. We are here for you. We study the spine research to keep abreast of all the latest in diagnostic tips and tools. And we offer pain-relieving spinal manipulation with The Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction and Decompression System of Spinal Pain Mangement. Spinal manipulation has shown itself through research to be good at controlling low back pain as quickly as immediately. Stiffness and tone were documented to improve right after treatment while elasticity decreased. (6)

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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Joseph D’Angiollilo on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how he discovered a spinal tumor during his careful clinical exam of a man with back pain. Uncommon, yes, but such a source of pain can be revealed by a well-trained and experienced chiropractor like your Carrolltown chiropractor. You’re in good hands!

Schedule your next Carrolltown chiropractic appointment with Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation. With so many ways available to “see” your spine, know that we will find what’s going on and a path to get you some pain relief. We look forward to seeing you at your next chiropractic visit! 

 
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation will utilize any combination of a variety of means to see the spine and diagnose its underlying pain issue to set a course for pain relief. 
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